Take high quality movies and pictures with the Hitachi DZ-HS501 Digital Camcorder . By this digital camcorder you can capture the special and unforgettable moments of your life. This Digital camcorder supports PAL recording system that gives you perfect recording experience. The format used for the recording is DVD, flash media and HDD. The ratio of the recording format is 16:9. It supports a CCD sensor of 1.23 Mega pixels and the sensor size is 1/5". The microphone type is internal.

It has an LCD panel display type and the panel size is 2.7 inches. It has options for optical zoom up to 15x and digital zoom up to 800x. It is incorporated with a lens 3- 45 mm focal length. This device has a digital image stabilizer too. It uses 5.1 version surround sound memory photography, and has a built in memory card as well. This camcorder is capable of a maximum still image size of 1280 x 960 pixels.

The device has dimensions of (H) 8.7 cm x (W) 6.6 cm x (D) 12.5 cm and weighs 0.5 kg. It is light weight and easy to carry with you wherever you go. This Hitachi DZ-HS501 digital video camcorder works on battery and also has an external optional power supply. The battery it uses is rechargeable Lithium Ion battery. It is equipped with a colour viewfinder. The filter diameter of the camcorder is 30.5 mm. The file formats which it supports are JPEG, MPEG and are also capable of Night vision mode.

The minimum illumination rate is 0.3 Lux. A remote control comes along with this camcorder. Additional connections include USB 2.1 version. A hard disk drive is integrated in the device. The DVD recording format includes DVD-R/ RW, DVD + R/ RW and DVD-RAM. The hard drive has a capability of 30 GB. The warranty given by Hitachi for DZ-HS501 Digital Camcorder is one year.

It supports certain features like Stereo sound system, digital and analogue out. It also provides card slot for SD. It supports a maximum resolution of 1.3 M of which 940 K is for movie and 1.1 M for stills. Although MPEG movie mode interfaces are not provided in this product, it includes output interfaces like composite video, audio RCA and USB. The unique looks and the features make this different from any other camcorders.